Quote Originally Posted by bdoughty View Post
Did you read the Grand Jury transcripts? Joe Pa knew and went on record saying he knew. The Student athlete and his father told him directly. All Honest Joe did was tell his superiors. This was a ten or so year old kid being raped in the shower and they all just let it continue. Not only was it a ten year old, Sansusky was intentionally preying on kids from poor or bad family backgrounds that were in a group trying to get help.


If you have not read the transcripts, do so. See if you can muster through the whole thing without getting a little sick.
At this stage, this is still premature. It is the court of public opinion. You don't know what, specifically, he was told (the documents don't state exactly what he was told).

The way it is outlined in the documents, it is conceivable that he was told it was possibly some sort of molestation. He then reported it to his superiors. His superiors, to his knowledge, investigated and came back to him and told him it was "horse play" and nothing to worry about.

I know that scenario is tough to believe, but that is what is in the documents. And, yes, I read all 23 pages.

For me, until someone (credible) says there is no doubt he knew exactly what transpired, and he conspired to cover it, I will give him the benefit of due process. Afterall, this is America.

I'm withholding judgement until everything comes out. Being that I'm not irrational/emotional (not a woman), I am capable of doing so.

I don't believe in hanging someone until there are no questions left unanswered.

If Joe Paterno is guilty of covering this up, he deserves to lose his job. But a knee jerk death sentence is quite hasty. Let the judicial events unfold before casting stones.

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